Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2017

STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN CERTIFIED MEDICAL CODERS AND EXPERIENCED NON-CERTIFIED MEDICAL CODERS IN A PRIVATE MEDICAL CODING COMPANY.

N. Ganesh Kumar, N. Junior Sundresh

Abstract :

 Introduction: Medical coding is the process of transforming descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers. The diagnoses and procedures are usually taken from a variety of sources within the health care record, such as the transcription of the physician‘s notes, laboratory results, radiologic results, and other sources.

Aim: To compare the knowledge of Medical Terminology, CPT, ICD, HCPCS, ICD Guidelines between Certified Medical Coders and Experienced non-certified Medical Coders.

Methods: A prospective comparative study was conducted in a private medical coding company. Participants for this study are categorized into two groups Certified Medical Coders and Experienced but not having any certification in Medical coding.

Results: 90% of experienced non-certified Medical Coders are having experience of more than 5 years as medical coders. In ICD 10 coding and guidelines, 94%, 89% of non-certified Medical Coders are knowledgeable. 90% of non-certified Medical Coders are knowledgeable.

Conclusion: Experienced medical coders are having good knowledge than certified medical coders because of learning through experience. Certified medical coders are less experience in medical coding even though they are certified.

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N.Ganesh Kumar, N. Junior Sundresh, STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN CERTIFIED MEDICAL CODERS AND EXPERIENCED NON-CERTIFIED MEDICAL CODERS IN A PRIVATE MEDICAL CODING COMPANY., GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-2, February‾2017


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